module (..., package.seeall) require("posix") function daemoncontrol (process, action) local cmdmessage = "" if (string.lower(action) == "start") or (string.lower(action) == "stop") or (string.lower(action) == "restart") then local file = io.popen( "PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin /etc/init.d/" .. process .. " " .. string.lower(action) .. " 2>&1" ) if file ~= nil then cmdmessage = file:read( "*a" ) file:close() end else return false,nil,"Unknown command!",action end posix.sleep(2) -- Wait for the process to start|stop return true,cmdmessage,nil,action end